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Measles surge overwhelms COVID hospital

Amid the nationwide measles outbreak, the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali has become overcrowded. The hospital is now treating only measles patients, with relatives bringing infected people from all over the country.

A child with measles is being given a nebuliser at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child with measles is being given a nebuliser at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Children coming from different districts of the country with measles symptoms are being treated at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Children coming from different districts of the country with measles symptoms are being treated at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child with measles is being given a nebuliser at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child with measles is being given a nebuliser at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Nebulisers are being given to children suffering from breathing difficulties, coughing, and pneumonia at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Nebulisers are being given to children suffering from breathing difficulties, coughing, and pneumonia at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child suffering from measles receives treatment at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child suffering from measles receives treatment at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A mother fills a nebuliser with medicine at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Nebulisers are being given to children with breathing difficulties, coughing, and pneumonia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A mother fills a nebuliser with medicine at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Nebulisers are being given to children with breathing difficulties, coughing, and pneumonia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child suffering from measles receives treatment at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child suffering from measles receives treatment at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Hamida, identified by a single name, from Gazipur has admitted her twins, suffering from measles, to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Hamida, identified by a single name, from Gazipur has admitted her twins, suffering from measles, to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Children's ward of the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Children's ward of the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Samples are being collected at the pathology lab at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali for a measles diagnosis. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Samples are being collected at the pathology lab at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali for a measles diagnosis. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Measles is affecting both children and adults. The photo was captured at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Measles is affecting both children and adults. The photo was captured at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child has been brought from Tangail’s Kumudini Hospital to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali for better treatment. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A child has been brought from Tangail’s Kumudini Hospital to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali for better treatment. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Relatives bring children with measles from different parts of Bangladesh to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali, hoping to get better treatment. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Relatives bring children with measles from different parts of Bangladesh to the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali, hoping to get better treatment. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A crowd waits for treatment outside the ticket counter of the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Only measles patients are being treated there now. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A crowd waits for treatment outside the ticket counter of the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital in Mohakhali. Only measles patients are being treated there now. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

bdnews24.com

Published : 13 May 2026, 03:53 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 06:28 PM

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